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Tomorrow morning, an Amtrak bus will deliver me to the train in Bakersfield, which passes through fields of roses in Wasco

6443-wasco-roses.jpg Buckwheats are still flowering along this stretch of Ivanpah RoadThumbnailsThe stream in Butcher Knife Canyon looks like it might not go much furtherBuckwheats are still flowering along this stretch of Ivanpah RoadThumbnailsThe stream in Butcher Knife Canyon looks like it might not go much furtherBuckwheats are still flowering along this stretch of Ivanpah RoadThumbnailsThe stream in Butcher Knife Canyon looks like it might not go much furtherBuckwheats are still flowering along this stretch of Ivanpah RoadThumbnailsThe stream in Butcher Knife Canyon looks like it might not go much furtherBuckwheats are still flowering along this stretch of Ivanpah RoadThumbnailsThe stream in Butcher Knife Canyon looks like it might not go much further

I always enjoy the Amtrak bus ride from the Mojave Desert to Bakersfield (with a stop at Panda Express in the Barstow Station food court for a filling rice plate; I'm hungry!). The Amtrak San Joaquin train up California's Central Valley is a nice way to end a trip.